Hauling-in device



Sept. 11, 1928. '1,633,922

0. RUSK HAULING-IN DEVICE Filed y 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Iaoen fa Car FUJI) fMw Sept. 11, 1928.

. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 C. RUSK HAULING-IN DEVICE Filed May 4, 1925 Patented Sept. 11, 1928,

CARL RUSK, OF ASTORIA,KIQREGQII".

HAULING-IN DEVICE."

Application filed .May 4,

The object or my invention is to provide a drum-like hauling-in device for trolling lines, and the like, said device being provided with a plurality of automatic gripping devices spaced closely about its periphery, each, of which, is independently adapted-at a predetermined position to grip the line, to draw the same along with the rotation of said device. and to release the same. The'use of my improved mechanism permits the line to be drawn in in substantially a horizontal plane and to be drawn by each automatic gripping device for approximately one-fourth ot the revolution of said device and to be released at a point where the line extends pendent from said drum. The line can thus be coiled on the deck of the boat instead of being wound about the circumference ofthe drum.

Trolilinglines and the like carry a number of hooks or similar devices spaced along said line and thus the hauling-in devices must be arranged to grip the trolling "line away from said points of connection. A further object. of my invention therefore is to provide adjustable means by which theposition of the gripping action, relative to the rotation of the drum, can be adjustedv so as to permit the operator thereof to vary the position at which the gripping devices act without interrupting the rotation of said devices.

A further and more specific object of my inve tion. is to arrange the parts of my haulin g-in device so that the gripping mechanism is entirely enclosed Within the drum. To'attain this object I make the drum in two. separable ha ves and provide a projection on one of said halves of such length as tospace said halves so as to define a groove between them in which the trolling line will be received. lhe gripping devices are mounted in recesses in said drum halves and arranged alongside of said grooves so as to hold the same against 7 one of said drum halves but not being required to support any of the load thereon.

H A further object otymy present invention is to provide yielding devices between said drum halves so that it an auxiliary device 'or the connections there-for should become gripped by said gripping devices, said drum halves would be permitted to spread slightly so as to prevent injury to the gripping devices, because of the increasing thickness of the trolling line at this point. i i The details of construction and mode of operation of my invention are hereinafter de- 1-925.. Serial no. 27,803. v

scribed with reference tothe "accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the stern end of a boat with my hauling-in device mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of'said'hazuling in device;

7 Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of said device, taken in direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4; is a side elevation'of said'device in the direction of the arrow 4: in Fig. 3;

c Fig. 5 is a plan view of said device carried upon the stern end of said boat;

Fig. 6 is a section through said device taken on the line 6-45 of Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is a similar section taken on line 77 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 is a section through said device taken on the line 8'8 ot'Fig. 2.;

, Fig. 9 is a section taken on'the line 99 of Fig. 2;

- Fig. 10 is a perspective detail of the cam which controls the gripping-devices of my device; and

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of the two drum halves spread apart and with the from. v

My invention comprises a drum 0 made up of two drum halves a and a. Said halves are'held together by 'bol-ts b and-are rotatably gripping devices removed theremounted upon a horizontal shaft oi Said shaft .iscarried between two spaced stand-.

ards 0' and c fastened to the deck d of the boat d. Fastened to'the hub'a of said drum half a are two integral-gears a and a of different diameters. A shaft 0 is arranged parallel to said shaft 0 and is carried loy bearings formed in "the member and in the standard 0 Said shaft ecarries gears 57 and g of different diameters fixed thereto and a gear shitting 'lever 'h is arranged to throw either of said gears g and g into meshing position with the gear a or the gear a re: spectivly.

Said shaft a is driven a beveled gear i, which meshes with the beveled gear y' upon the driving shaft 7'"- Said shaft jis journaled" in bearings j upon the deck d of the.

boat d. Said shaft j preferably extends through said deck so that it can be connected to the propelling engine for said boat.

The drum half a is provided with a plu-' rality of radial recesses a and with two concentric recesses aT and a The recess a is relatively small in diameter and lies within the recess a. The drum half a is provided with a shouldered portion a which extends.

from the face of said druin half again farther than the depth of the recess a Said shouldered portion seats in the recess (i and thus, because of the greater length thereof, the halves are spaced apart so as to provide a groove a between said halves and about said shouldered portion. provided with a recess a which corresponds in size to the recess a and opposes the latter and thus the operating cain la, fired to the shaft 0, can behoused equally in said two recesses. v 1

A coil spring Z also housed within the drum half a bears against the cam 7t" andholds the same tightly against the face of the drum half a An irregular guideway k is cut upon the periphery of the cylindrical cam is. A plurality of clamping levers m are pivotally carried between the drum halves a and a being in part carried in the radially disposed recesses a and part carried by corresponding recesses in the drum a, v

The linen to be gripped is guided into the groove at fOIlIlGCl between the drum halves, by the outwardly flared, concentrically arran 'ed guiding flanges (r and a upon said e Said clamping levers are fulcruined upon pins 077/ and are mounted with one end bearing in-the irregular peripheral groove on the cylinder-earn 70. The irregularities oi said. groove cause said clamping levers to be moved into and out of engaging position relatively to said line 11. The groove Z0 is preferably arrangedso as to move said clamping levers into gripping position for only approximately one-fourth of the revolution of the drum. As shown in Fig. 6, if the trolling line is being hauled in in substantially a horizontal plane, the control devices are arranged so that the clamping levers m in the upper rear quarter of saidwheel are moved into the operative position. The trolling line bus will be gripped as it passesover the top,

of said wheel in a horizontal plane and will be released as it passes from oil said wheel in a vertical plane.

I provide means for adjusting said cylindrical earn 70 relative to said druin by pro viding a lever 0 provided with looking pawl mechanism 0 which is adapted to engage The Cllilill half a is the toothed sector 79 fastened to said standard 0. y moving said operating lever 0 from the position shown in full line inFig. & to

the position shown in dotted lines in said figure, the position of the clamping, action of said clainping levers will be correspondingly changed.

, The trolling'line to be hauled in is placed over the drum and i will be guided into the slot a by the converging, flaring, cireuniferential flanges (r and a, respectively. 7

The operating lever 0 is set so that it will r'p the line ina predetermined sector. For rni iiple, if the line so is being drawn in, in substantially a horizontal line, the gripping devices are arranged so that they will grip the line in the manner shown in Fig. 6, and the drawn-in portion of said line will be, coiled behind the hauling-in device upon the deck cl in such a manner that it can be conven iently paid out later. Or in case the line is to be passed over one of the other quadrants of the drum, the levero is operated to rotate the cam Z, so that the clamping levers will clamp and release the cable in the selected quadrant.

The gears g or g are meshed With the gears v a or a, respectively, and the drum is rotated in a clockwise direction, as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 6, which tends to draw in the line a.

llso when a connection n holding the leader a for a fish-hook n reaches the aoint where it will be grippedby one of the levers m the operator adjusts said lever 0 so that the gripping levers will not clamp the thicker connection n. This adjustment is made by disengaging the, locking pawl mechanism 0 from the tooth sector 20 and the lever is moved angularly, as viewed in Fig. i, to the desired position. It is then either returned to its original position or locked in'said position. If, inadvertently,- one of said: operating levers on would strike upon one of the thicker connections a, the clamping lever m will not be brokenthereby because the coil spring Z will yield slightly 7 to perinit the cam for the clainping'levers,

to slide along the shaft o'to accommodate this increasing thickness. 7 I 1' I claim: e V I p 1'. ln an apparatus of the character 'de scribed, a shaft, a driven cable-drum rotatably mounted on said shaft, said drum consisting of two sides respectively provided withcable retaining flanges spaced to provide a cable receiving circumferential slot between them, said sides formed to provide an interior central chamber between them, a series of radially disposed clainping levers completely housed within said drum, a cam fast on said shaft within saidcentral chain her with which cain said clamping levers are operatively connected, the interior faces of said sides being provided with means for supporting the cable portion entering said slot in position for being clamped bysaid clamping levers, and a lever fast on said shaft eX- terror of the drum, whereby partially to rotate said cam and thus set'the action of the clamping levers relatively to a selected circumferential portion of the drum. v

2. in a device of the character described,

a shaft, a driven cablesdrum rotatably.

ing levers pivotally mounted in, said drumv and arranged to clamp the cable against said clamping surface, a cam carried by said shaft within said drum, said cam provided with portions adapted to engage the clamping levers thereby to bring the latter successively into action during the rotation of the V cable-drum.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, admit, a driven cable-drum rotatably mounted on said shaft, said drum being provided with circumferential cable retaining flanges and with a central chamber oetween its sides, automatic cable clamping devices completely housed in said drum, adapted to clamp and release again,'successively, during the rotation of said drum, said devices consist'ingof a plurality of radially disposed clamping levers and a cam fast on .said shaft within said drum with which said clamping-levers are operatively connected, and means operable from the exterior of said drum to give said cam a partial rotation, thereby to set the action of said clamping devices relatively to aselected circumferential portion of the drum.

CARL RUSK. 

